Smoking Dangerous To Your Health

MANILA, Philippines - SMOKING is a leading preventable cause of death all over the world. If you are a regular smoker, you are probably losing about 5½ minutes of life expectancy for each cigarette you smoke. Cigarette smoking is a major cause of lung cancer. Yet, despite the vast medical evidence supporting such statistics, most heavy smokers continue to smoke.

Georgia woman, 24, battles flesh-eating disease

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Whether she was hiking in the woods, growing organic vegetables or working on her master's degree in psychology, Aimee Copeland embraced her passions with determination...

Woman with flesh-eating disease remains critical

Doctors say a young woman fighting a flesh-decaying bacteria she contracted after a zip line accident remains in critical condition.

Gazette.Net: Woman honors deceased husband with lung cancer walk

Lung cancer... Ÿ Will be diagnosed in 226,000 people this year. Ÿ Is one of the most deadly cancers. The five-year survival rate for breast cancer is 89 percent; for colorectal cancer 64 percent; and for prostate cancer 99 percent. The five-year survival rate for lung cancer is 16 percent.

Experts disagree on 'D' air quality in Lycoming County

Lycoming County residents can breathe a little easier, as experts agree that local air quality is slowly improving thanks to measures taken in accordance with the Clean Air Act. What they don't agree on is by how much the air actually has improved.